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    tomholmberg
    May 25, 2021

    THE BATTLE OF WATERLOO FINALLY EXPLAINED

    in Waterloo Remembered

    THE BATTLE OF WATERLOO FINALLY EXPLAINED

     MICHELE GAMA SOSA

    [And about time, too!]


    "Despite his confidence and the fact that he was in possession of an elite army, almost everything that could go wrong for Napoleon did. Yet, he pushed his enemies to their breaking point and nearly defeated them, the key word being "nearly." This is the Battle of Waterloo finally explained."



    www.grunge.com
    The Battle Of Waterloo Finally Explained
    The final downfall of Napoleon Bonaparte came on June 18, 1815, near a small Belgian village called Waterloo. Here's the Battle of Waterloo finally explained.

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    david Tomlinson
    May 26, 2021

    Nothing wrong I suppose with putting together an Internet primer by effectively ‘nicking’ a whole bunch of secondary sources, better than nowt as they say. Might have been better to check @Gareth Glover’s Myth and Reality though so that they ‘nicked’ the right bits!

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    john fortune
    May 25, 2021

    No, really.

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    Zack White
    May 25, 2021

    Oh dear, oh dear.

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